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Arabic root

ر-ج-س

1 word from this root family

B2noun
رِجْسٌ
rijs

impurity / abomination / filth

Example
إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ
innamā yurīdu Allāhu liyadhhiba ʿankumu ar-rijsa ahla al-bayt
Allah only wishes to remove from you impurity, O people of the household (33:33)
Grammar

Masculine noun. Used for both physical and spiritual impurity. Related: رِجْزٌ (punishment, sometimes confused). Applied to idols, alcohol, gambling.

Culture

This verse (āyat at-taṭhīr) is significant in both Sunni and Shia theology regarding the purity of the Prophet's household.